Poems on Various Subjects: But Chiefly Moral and Descriptive, with Songs, and Copious NotesPrinted at the Dumfries & Galloway courier office, 1822 - 283 pàgines |
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Pàgina 30
... Nine , And haply a stanza will try . For poesy's a theme I do love , And fain would unto it aspire ; If I but the passions could move , It is all that I seek or desire . Could I touch the strings of the heart , And 80.
... Nine , And haply a stanza will try . For poesy's a theme I do love , And fain would unto it aspire ; If I but the passions could move , It is all that I seek or desire . Could I touch the strings of the heart , And 80.
Pàgina 36
... move . What a field to my eye doth appear ! There's nothing so complex as man ; My powers will not reach it , I fear , Yet the theme I'll essay as I can . On glory some are so intent , It makes them all danger despise- They dread not ...
... move . What a field to my eye doth appear ! There's nothing so complex as man ; My powers will not reach it , I fear , Yet the theme I'll essay as I can . On glory some are so intent , It makes them all danger despise- They dread not ...
Pàgina 77
... move . See Curzon fly with speed across the plain , With orders prompt unto yon gallant men ; A fatal bullet strikes his dauntless breast- Praising his friend's address , he sinks to rest . Heroic Cameron , to his country true , At ...
... move . See Curzon fly with speed across the plain , With orders prompt unto yon gallant men ; A fatal bullet strikes his dauntless breast- Praising his friend's address , he sinks to rest . Heroic Cameron , to his country true , At ...
Pàgina 117
... moves ; Before her vivifying ray The clouds of darkness fly away ; But meeting now your new request , I'll earnest try to do my best . These shows I several times have seen , On Sanquhar street and Moffat green ; Before or near to ...
... moves ; Before her vivifying ray The clouds of darkness fly away ; But meeting now your new request , I'll earnest try to do my best . These shows I several times have seen , On Sanquhar street and Moffat green ; Before or near to ...
Pàgina 142
... Who can escape Heaven's prying eye ? For sure there is a power above Which the main springs of actions move ; Teaches the swallow how to build , And clothes the lily of the field . Who knows what's in the womb of time , Tho 142.
... Who can escape Heaven's prying eye ? For sure there is a power above Which the main springs of actions move ; Teaches the swallow how to build , And clothes the lily of the field . Who knows what's in the womb of time , Tho 142.
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Pàgina 8 - In poets as true genius is but rare, True taste as seldom is the critic's share ; Both must alike from Heaven derive their light, These born to judge, as well as those to write.
Pàgina 280 - ... would vitrify or dissipate any substance known to us. Sir Isaac Newton computed the heat of the comet that appeared in the year 1680, when nearest the sun, to be 2,000 times hotter than red-hot iron, and that, being thus heated, it must retain its heat till it...
Pàgina 282 - Others of less note followed the infamous example. On their combined evidence several of the conspirators were seized, condemned, and executed. Among these, the most distinguished were Russell and Sidney. Both died with the intrepidity of men who had resolved to hazard their lives in the field, in order to break the fetters of slavery, and rescue themselves and their fellow-subjects from an ignominious despotism.